Defecator with universal wall or floor outlet connection



1940- w. c. GROENIGER 2,212,518

DEFECATOR WITH UNIVERSAL WALL OR FLOOR OUTLET CONNECTION Filed NOV. 17, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOB Wll ham CGroen qer 27, 1940. w. c. GROENIGER DEFECATOR WITH UNIVERSAL WALL OR FLOOR OUTLET CONNECTION Filed Nov. 17, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR WiHiorn CGroeniger 'BY T LIL 2 A ms moFfiEY Patented Aug. 27, 1940 2,212,518 DEFEGATOR WITH UNIVERSAL WALL 0R FLOOR OUTLET William CL, Groeniger, Columbus, Ohio, assignor to John B. Pierce Foundation, New York, N. Y.,

a corporation of New York Application November 17, l937 S'eria1 No. "174,919 v This invention relates to defecators. The invention is applicable to defecators in elusive of water closet bowls, urinals, and hospital and other sinks, dental, medical andother sanitary'bowls or receptacles, provided with suitable'mea ns for the supplyof water or equivalent effluent, such effluent affording under sanitary conditions a mass of fluid for a well portion of the defecator, servingto receive solid and/or semi-solid and/orfiuid matterto be evacuated,.

and further providing for flushing thedefecator to discharge such flowable mass into a soil pipe or equivalent waste disposal system.

Defecators embodying the present invention are preferably, but not restrictively, of the floor-supported type, i. e., having suchc'onfiguration of side-walls and/or leg supporting members as to make the'defecator, as a unit, self-supporting in character. 1

It is afeature of the invention that the con-- nection of the discharge port of-the defecator to the customary soil pipe or Waste pipe is above the floor level, and preferably is disposed below the defecator bowl and substantially centrally located Within the compass of" the complete defecator structure, full access being afforded to the point of such discharge port connection.

Thus,,the defecator may be positioned at its ultimate-location prior to its connection to the soil pipesuch connection thereby being made under most'advantageousconditions. The facil-* ity withv which a soil-pipe Iconnection may be made in a defecator embodying the present in-fi vention minimizes the possibility of leaky or-oth-' erwise defective connections. Additionally-,this invention renders the connection of the defecator with the soil pipe at all times accessiblefor inspection or repaiiysuch inspection necessitating merely the removal or opening-of suitable closure means disposed adjacent the stated point of connection. a

-Further, this invention provides a defecator which is universally applicable for connection to floor outlet or wall outlet soil pipes, the or-Q ganization of such defecator discharge port connection means affording an especiallywide latitude of connection with the soil pipe or equiv-, alent," and obviating the customarily required meticulous accuracy of installation of the. soil In this I defecator is supported clearably above the floor; as by suitably arranged and configurated side walls which are arranged to rest upon thej'floor and support the'entirestructure. By suitable invention, the bowl structure" of the 3. Claims. (oi. 44252 means, the terminal end 'of the discharge pas sage-of the defecator is horizontally and rear wardlydirectedfsuch' passage lyingat the floor level, and having the plane of its discharge, port in vertical relationshipto' the plane of the floor. Advantageously, the discharge port lies adjacent ,a low point of the bowl, substantially centrally within the compass of the structure andintermedi'ate suitable offset wall-portions of the defecator structure; such Wall portions ad- 1 vantageously serve as members to which suitable soil-pipe connection devices may be secured. a

"To afford readyaccess to such point of connection,- thus facilitating the original installation-or subsequent inspection thereof, the side f5" walls of the bowl structure adjacent the point of connection may be provided with openingsof suitable size andv configuration. Preferably, 010- sure means for-such wall openings, such as suitableremovable doors or cover plates are pro-' 2'0" videdw Advantageously, at least one such opening is provided in each side wall of the defecator structure,- the stated openings thus providing for a sidewise, above-the-floor entry of a soil pipe through the stated wall and into position for connection to the waste-outlet of the defecator.

Other features and advantages hereinafter appear. I

Ini-the accompanying drawings: 2 Fig.1 is a vertical sectionof a defecator embodyingthe present invention, the soil pipe connection therewith-being of the wall-outlet type;

Fig; 2" is" a plan view of the defecator of Fig-l; Y i i Fig. 3 is a section taken on the lines 3-3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 showing a sidewardly directed defecator discharge pipe connecting into a walloutlet soil-pipe; i i

Fig. 4. is .a front elevation of the defecator of ,fij Fig.1;

Fig. 5,: is a vertical. section taken through the lower portion of a defecator at the point ofdefecator waste-outlet connection,'further illustrat- 'ing a connection, with a floor-outlet soil pipe; 4 5" portion of the bowl.

stantially defining the maximum Width of the structure, and the front portions l4, l4 thereof serving to establish side walls of an evacuator leg, as later described. Each pair of walls l3, I4 is preferably joined by an integral oifset wall IS. The defecator may further include a back plate I6, arranged to effect a snug connection with a wall I? of the roomor enclosure, the wall structures of the defecator combining withthe floor I2 and wall ll to define a closed. chamber I8.

Desirably, the defecator is of a conventional ceramic material, the component parts of the defecatorbeing so united during the manufacture thereof as to present a substantially integral finished structure.

The defecator may have a bowl, comprising an upper portion l9 and a lower or well portion 20;

ter-receiving and eflluent fluid is indicated at 25.

Such mass of fluid serves as the trap sealing fluid. The normal level of the fluid maybe established by a dam 26formed by the upper limit of a forwardly and upwardly extending wall 21, such wall being in effect a'c'ontinuation of wall 22. A ledge 28 cooperatesWith wall 21 in defining a forwardly and upwardly extending passage 29, leading from well portion 20 and serving as the anterior leg of a waste-discharge or evacuator system. 7 Adownflow passage 36, of the evacuator system is defined by the side walls l4, a: front wall 3 I; and a rear Wall 32, the latter preferably being integral with the wall 21. Thus, the downflow leg 3|] may be in the most forward location of the defecator structure and constitute one of the I supporting elements thereof.

Such disposition of discharge port 34 provides,

, The downflow leg 36 communicates with or is integral with a preferably substantially horizon- 34 of outflow leg 33 is preferably contiguous with the offset wall-portions 15; such construction appreciably strengthens the structure of the port 34, and advantageously provides a trans verse bracing rib 36, see Fig. 1.

An inflow of flushing liquid serves to initiate flow of the contents of the bowl upwardly through passage 29,downwardly throughpassage and rlearwardly through the discharge passage 33, 2. preferably 180 angular degree change in direction of flow thus being afforded by the organization of the stated passages.

As clearly indicated in Figs. 1, 5 and 6, the discharge port 34 preferably lies above the floor line and at a point adjacent the front central portion-of the bowl, the lowest point of the latter, shown, lying above and to the rear of the port 34. Most preferably, the plane of the discharge for full accessibility of the point of soil pipe connection, wide latitude in the characteristics of such connection, and appreciably strengthens the bowl structure, a preferably integral web 21a, supporting Wall 21 on the rim of port 34.

To facilitate the connection of the soil pipe to discharge port 34, and to make the completed installation thereof at all times accessible for inspection or repair, there is preferably provided in each of the side walls l3, an opening 31 of suitable area and configuration. Such openings afford adequate access to the lower interior of the chambered portion N3 of. the defecator structure, and thereby make it possible for the workman to place the defecator in its ultimate locaof the nature of a stack or riser 40 may be ef-,

fected by a suitable intermediate conduit 4|, the connection thereof with the soil pipe advantageously being screw-threaded or equivalent, as shown in Fig. 6. Connection with the discharge port 34 may be of a slip-fit type, such connection being made gas and fluid tight by suitable organization of packing means: and associated structure. A ring of suitable packing, as 42, Fig. 3, isarranged to be compressed about the conduit 4| and into the belled m0uth 34 by a suitable yoke 43, bolts and nuts serving to draw the yoke forwardly to exert a compressive force on such packing. The bolts 44, as clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, pass throughthe offset wallportions I5 of the side walls of the defecator structure, and the nuts 45 thereby bear against the external surface of such wall portions, which thereby serve as anchoring members. 7 The nuts 45 are thus rendered fully accessible from outside the defecator, facilitating the operation of making the connection, and reducing the work per:

formed within the chamber |8 toamere insertion and positioning of the requisite parts.

The stated location of the discharge port 34 above the finished floor line and at a point near thefront central portion of the bowl, permits the soil pipe conduit 4| to be carriedabovethe floor to meet a walloutlet soil pipe, see Figs. 1 and or to connect to a floor outlet soil pipe at any one of a variety of locations, as typified by Figs. 5 and 6. 7,.

. As particularized in Fig.3, the soil pipe 40 may of necessity be run behind a wall at one side or another of the defecator, a conventional elbow being provided for purposes'of connection. Such soil pipe organization is readily connectible to the discharge port:34, it being necessary merely to bring the connection 4| through the appropriate opening 31 of a wall l3 and into the lateral of the elbow.

As indicated in Fig. 5, a vertical soil pipe riser may terminate within the confines of the side ,walls of "the defecator, whereupon connection 4| may comprise a short elbow connection. Inyet another circumstance of soil pipe "organization,

into thellateral of the sollpipe elbow connection.

with the soil pipe may be made directly rearwardly. Fig. 1 emphasizes that the projecting collar 42 of the soil pipe lateral may project into the space l8 formed beneath the defecator structure; thus the depth of partition or wall housing the soil pipe may be of minimum dimension.

From the aforesaid, it appears that the invention provides for connection of the discharge of the defecator in any direction as desired to a soil line or intermediate conducting passage, above the fioorline, and when required or desired to a soil line through the conventional opening through the floor. I

Whereas I have described my invention by reference to specific forms thereof, it will be understood that many changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A floor-supported defecator constructed for connection concealed within the defecator structure with a soil pipe located optionally within a building wall relative to which the defecator is set in predetermined position, or accessible through the floor, said defecator comprising, in combination, a bowl, a defecator wall structure supporting the bowl, means for discharging the contents of the bowl into such soil pipe, said means including an anterior syphon leg', a posterior syphon leg, and a horizontally directed outflow passage having its terminus disposed substantially centrally of the vertical boundaries of said bowl supporting wall structure and interme diate a low point of the bowl and the plane of the base of the defecator wall structure, one of said bowl supporting wall structures being disposed transversely of the boWl adjacent said outflow passage terminus, and means cooperating with said transversely arranged bowl supporting wall for the securement ofsuitable piping leading to such soil pipe.

2. A floor-supported defecator constructed for connection concealed within the defecator structure with a soil pipe located optionally within a building wall relative to which the defecator is set in predetermined position, or accessible through the floor, said defe'cator comprising, in combination, a bowl, a bowl supporting defecator wall structure including a wall extending transversely of said bowl and mutually spaced side walls cooperating with said transverse wall to form an open-bottom and open-ended chamber, means integral with said bowl for discharging the contents of the bowl into piping leading to such soil pipe, said means including an anterior syphon leg, a posterior syphon leg, and a horizontally directed out-flow passage having its terminus disposed within said chamber adjacent said transverse wall and substantially centrally of the vertical boundaries of said bowl supporting wall structure and intermediate a low point of the bowl and the plane of the base of said wall structure, said side walls having openings arranged in operative association with said out-flow passage terminus, and means cooperating with said transversely arranged bowl supporting wall for the securement of said piping leading to such soil pipe.

3, A floor-supported defecator constructed for connection concealed within the defecator structure with a soil pipe located optionally within a building wall relative to which the defecator is set in predetermined position, or accessible through the floor, said defecator comprising, in

combination, a bowl, wall means masking said bowl and arranged'to support said defecator upon a floor slab, said wall means including a wall arranged'transversely of said bowl and spaced side wall means cooperating with said transverse wall to form a chamber of substantial volume, said chamber having an open bottom and an open end, and evacuator means for said bowl, including a forwardly directed anterior syphon leg, a posterior syphon leg, and a rearwardly directed out-flow passage disposed beneath said bowl, the terminus of said out-flow passage being within said chamber adjacent said transverse wall means, said side wall means having mutually aligned .closabl'e openings arranged in operative association with said out-flow passage terminus to accommodate the passage of sidewardly directed soil pipe connection means and said transverse wall having means whereby said soil pipe connection means may be secured in operative association with the terminus of said rearwardly directed out-flow passage. 7

WILLIAM C. GROENIGER. 

